Nov 7, 2009
South Asia
- CommentaryNov 2, 2009
If Abdullah’s decision to withdraw from a second round of voting holds, President Obama must then make a decision that will define his presidency. President Obama will have to take personal responsibility for the outcome of the war in Afghanistan, betting his historical reputation and second term on the outcome.
- Critical QuestionsOct 23, 2009
- NewsletterOct 1, 2009
In 1949, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru donated an Indian elephant named Indira to the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo. He hoped that Indira would bring joy into the lives of Japanese children, still suffering from the aftermath of World War II. That gesture is typical of the exchanges between these two Asian nations.
- ReportSep 23, 2009
The US is losing the war in Afghanistan, and we risk losing the gains we have made in Iraq, largely as a result of our own mistakes. After eight years of war, the US is still seeking to learn how to address the problems of armed nation building.
- ReportSep 15, 2009
No strategy for Afghanistan can be successful unless it answers the most basic question of going to war: can we win? The answer is yes, provided that victory is defined in realistic and practical terms.
- NewsletterSep 1, 2009
In the nearly two decades since the end of absolute monarchy, Nepal has stumbled forward as a nominal democracy. Ethnic divisions, a Maoist insurgency, a royal massacre, and perennially unstable governments have continually dampened optimism about future progress. In the last year, the country has taken several promising, yet tenuous, steps forward.
- ReportAug 21, 2009
The Afghan-Pakistan conflict is a complex conflict that covers two countries and has ideological, political, governance, economic, military, and security dimensions that are extremely difficult to measure and portray in summary form.
- NewsletterAug 3, 2009
On Monday, July 6, India's finance minister Pranab Mukherjee unveiled a $210 billion budget that emphasized rural spending, took a cautious approach to reform, and included some useful changes in tax policy. The rise in government spending should stimulate domestic demand, but it will also widen the fiscal deficit to its largest gap in 18 years.
- Critical QuestionsJul 23, 2009
Q1: What did Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accomplish during her trip to India?
- NewsletterJul 1, 2009
The decision of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to lay down their arms and the May 19 death of their leader Velupillai Prabhakaran at the hands of the Sri Lankan army marked the end of 25 years of intermittent bloody conflict that had convulsed the island.
